Wed. Sept. 18, 2024: Exhausted Before the Start
image courtesy of Ben Kerckx via pixabay.comWednesday, September 18, 2024
Last Day of Full Moon
Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, Chiron, Uranus Retrograde
Sunny and pleasant
The weather has been lovely lately; in the low 80’s during the day, in the 50’s at night. On the warm side for mid-September, but lovely.
My mother’s co-pay for her doctor visits goes up 150% as of January. I am so sick and tired of living in a country without healthcare.
The fire alarm has been malfunctioning so often that we have to get all of them switched out yet again. Maintenance is supposed to be by today to do so. We are at our wits’ end. It went off six times yesterday. This morning, it started going off every 30-60 minutes starting at 2:30 AM. By 6 AM, my nerves were shot.
In spite of all of that, I managed to write and send out the review, and to adapt two more episodes of VICIOUS CRITIC. I’m out of episodes now; from here on in, the rest of the draft is new writing. I have an outline; I just have to get the writing done. I got out a few pitches for freelance/article jobs. I got a little bit of revision work done on STRANGERS IN THE SNOW.
I worked on the revised press release for the reading. I got my next book for review. I turned around one small and three medium scripts. I grabbed way too many for the next few days, but I need the money. I have at least 5 to turn around today (two medium, three small), and 5 tomorrow (one large, four small). So far, I have one medium script for Friday; I hope to land at least one more. I will probably read Saturday, if scripts come in. I can’t risk skipping it and not having anything next week. I’m hoping I have a steady stream of scripts next week. By making my goal this week and next week, to the end of the pay period, I’ll be fine.
I let my director know my studio dates, and that I would not be available to work on “Effie” during that time. He wants to set up a ZOOM meeting for us with the sound designer next week, and have the first reading of “Effie” before I go in-studio, which is fine. I have a feeling yoga and tarot will be pushed to the side for a few weeks. Which is what it is; I’m in production, and I also have to get the freelance work done. However, it means I can’t get my vaccine booster until after the residency. I have to be coherent for all of this. But I can get my mom in.
Had to skip yoga. Managed to pick up the CSA box, which is full of good stuff.
I worked on coverages until about 9 PM, then read the next book for review for about an hour. Then, I finally managed some time for the full moon/lunar eclipse, and could just sink into it.
Until the damn fire alarm woke me, I actually slept pretty well.
I noticed some articles on my “news” feed lately have no logic or cohesion. I suspect they are being created with AI. I’ll give them a few more chances before blocking them.
On today’s agenda: get the new fire alarms installed (they BETTER work properly). Do a little bit of work on VICIOUS CRITIC. I’m starting the fresh drafting today; fingers crossed I get into the flow quickly, since I don’t have much time to work on it.
I’ll probably have to start coverage work in the morning, because I have to leave for a meeting at 3, and then there’s tarot at 4:30. If I don’t finish the coverages before the meeting, I’ll have to keep working however long necessary into the night, and then also read a couple of hours on the next book for review. I have another round of fighting about my mother’s medical bills. I have to do some marketing work, for the Topic Workbooks, for Nina Bell, and to start getting the press release/listings out for BHPC. I have time blocked off for it in the late morning, which is usually the best; people see the social media posts during their lunch hour, and news desks get it after they’ve cleared out the overnight emails. That will be a good palate cleanser between other tasks.
Bea was hilarious this morning. Every day, she expands her radius exploring the apartment. This morning, I was close enough to pet her, and she practically levitated. She still is skeptical of humans. She tried to get Charlotte to play, and Charlotte was confused. Charlotte’s never been much for toys. She spent time in Tessa’s room, which Tessa pointed out Was Not the Routine. She had the zoomies, racing around the apartment, and the other cats just watched like, WTF? I closed the door to my bedroom, in anticipation of maintenance coming in, and the cats Do Not Like Closed Doors. Bea is actually pretty chill about her door being closed, since there’s glass, she can see, and she feels safe. But she’s watching and learning from the others.
Today and tomorrow will be long days. I better get going, then, right? A nap is not an option today, and naps, in general, throw off my sleep cycle even further. I’m already exhausted, and my day has barely begun.
Have a good one!
